Example sentences of "woman [coord] [noun pl] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | 1 ) WHAT WERE THE CONDITIONS WOMEN & CHILDREN WORKED IN THE MINES ? |
| 2 | The women and children rushed for the shelter of the riverbank . |
| 3 | At the time of weddings , a group of women and children came across the fields with baskets and scarves full of sweets and rice which they touched down under the holy tree to be blessed , before going back the same way they 'd come . |
| 4 | Gone are the days when women and children scrabbled along the furrows in the wake of a plough or simple digger collecting the fruits of the earth by hand . |
| 5 | Thulani Davis describes policemen setting dogs on black women and children campaigning for the right to buy a cup of coffee at the local Woolworths , and educated black men being asked to abandon French courses at university . |
| 6 | passed women and children lying by the roadside with closed eyes and ghastly , pale faces . |
| 7 | There are old women and children sitting in the pouring rain . ’ |
| 8 | Here some of the younger women had thrown down their tools and gathered in a big circle , singing and dancing , while older women and children watched from the sidelines , shouting encouragement . |